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Everything in the IT field sucks, learn to love it. He gives four reasons why Git sucks and tons of reasons why it doesn't. Cool slideshow but it should've been titled "Intro to Git"

Whether or not the title was a good choice was merely a matter of perspective ;)

Every human being in the world should read this article; if we can all truly comprehend this text, the world would be a better place.

As much as this pleasures every software-engineer-neuron in my brain, this kills what's so great about Twitter - it's brevity.

Twitter + Tumblr/Facebook Angst = #NewTwitter = #FailTwitter :(

Yes, but then the resellee is down a laptop, and wouldn't get another good deal like that. Unlikely that he would accept said offer.

In dummy terms, it's a checklist for your programs.

Nintendo DS? PSP? No they're not a feature to feature equivalent but they're there. PSP Go was meant to be a competitor anyways.

Inevitable reply is inevitable. ;(

Neat idea but buggy, News and Events do not finish loading. How about an option to switch between Celsius and Fahrenheit?

Also, who am I to judge but - Google Maps and MSN search? :S

There's a difference between delusional psychosis, being socially awkward, and talking to yourself to debug computer problems. However, some might believe it to be a very thin line between psychosis and debugging computer problems aloud.

I have found the absolute best way to learn SEO is via experience. There's just nothing better, period.

yawn Whatever happened to use the right tool for the right job?

If you need a button like that (gaming website is about the only thing I can think of), chances are your audience probably has Flash.

My personal opinion however is Flash is not the right tool for the particular job of creating navigation.

Unfortunately happiness doesn't work like that

Three steps to putting out a fire: 1. Identify where it's hot. 2. Throw water on it. 3. Repeat

Why I thought this wasn't a good thing to post:

~Anybody could Google this, the article was nothing special, nothing new or groundbreaking, or even an `oldy but goody`

Why an article like http://asm.sourceforge.net/intro/hello.html (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1663858) is great to post:

~Thoroughly explains how things work, even an experienced programmer would be interested (See `good hackers` below)

~Contains material of discussion worth.

"Hacker News Guidelines

What to Submit

On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. "

EDIT: Yes I figured this would get me a downvote.

If you're just looking for an advanced logic analyzer, http://www.saleae.com/logic/ is relatively cheap and pretty awesome. Linux and Mac OS X versions of the software coming soon I believe. It also includes an SDK so it's awesome for programmers.

It's about the size of the new iPod Nano and comes with a carrying case to store the modular leads, and USB cable.

EDIT: Before people flame, yes this product is pretty different from the OP's link, however it might be somewhat what s/he's looking for.

Agreed, and at the $99 dollar price point, you can tell they're trying to make it work. Unfortunately, I don't know anybody technical or non-technical that would enjoy it.

Call me greedy but the fees associated with money transfer systems like PayPal for amounts of $500+ are just too big for me to bother using PayPal for anything but small stuff (mind you I do love it for that and online shopping cart payments). Unfortunately there isn't much else besides old school cheques or money wiring (which is inconvenient for the client).

Pros of PayPal IMO: ~Handles multiple currencies well (I get paid in CAD, USD, and EUR). ~Easy for clients, takes care of basic invoices, keeps a history of everything. ~Payments from other accounts or credit cards are nearly instant ~Decent API for implementing a 3rd party shopping cart quickly (selling goods, donations).

Cons: ~Bank transfers take 6-8 business days (very inconvenient, I understand things take time but c'mon, we live in a very automated world now). ~It's digital money, PayPal could go bankrupt and you'd be, well, screwed over. ~Support emails generally take awhile, from other peoples experiences, this seems to be a Canadian thing.

Hackety Hack still exists http://hackety-hack.com/

I've taught several people quite new to computers Ruby and HTML, I've found the hardest thing they try to grasp is logic, drill into their head how conditionals and boolean logic work - it's needed everywhere.

EDIT: I can't stress this enough, I've had people where I thought I've made a break through, they seem to grasp it, then two weeks down the line I look at some code they're trying to debug, and it's like they completely forgot how flow control and conditionals worked.

Make sure you know how to use a mainstream version control system, Git is gaining popularity quickly among DVCS' but there are still a lot of projects out there using regular old SVN.

Mindlessly setting up CMS' and things are nice, at the beginning, we all need change. The real fun in coding lies in solving challenges, not repeating the same solution over and over again. A lot of times programming is just a medium for solving problems, and it's the thinking that is fun. People enjoy _programming_ not plugging libraries and CMS modules together.